Automobile clothes hanger bracket

ABSTRACT

An automobile clothes hanger bracket providing a better retaining effect comprise a hanger part with two extended rods and two mounting units. Each of the mounting units further includes a rod holder, an extended bars and a control member. The rod holders respectively hold the head piece rods of the head piece of a car seat. An axial hole passing through the members of each mounting unit can retain an extended rod of the hanger part. Each of the head piece rods is provided with a locking mechanism consisting of a spring and a control knob, so that the hanger part can be removed from the mounting units easily.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to clothes hangers for the use in anautomobile, and more particularly to an automobile clothes hangerbracket that provides: a better retaining effect achieved by twomounting units that connect the extended rods of a hanger part and thehead piece rods of the head piece of a car seat, each of the mountingunits further including a rod holder, an extended bar and a controlmember for providing a locking mechanism; more convenient replacement ofparts since the hanger part and the mounting units are separated.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an automobile clothes hanger of the priorart comprises a substantially T-shaped hanger part 10 and two extendedrod 11, 12 each provided with an embedding member 13 having an embeddingslot 14. To use the clothes hanger, the extended rods 11, 12 are pressedtoward each other, so that the embedding members 13 thereof can bedisposed between two head piece rods 3 of the head piece 2 of a car seat1. Thereby, the head piece rods 3 can be embedded into the embeddingslots 14 of the embedding members 13, and the hanger part 10 is mountedon the back side of the car seat 1 for hanging clothes.

However, the automobile clothes hanger bracket of the prior art has thefollowing disadvantages. Firstly, since the holding of the head piecerods 3 in the embedding slots 14 of the embedding members 13 is notfully closed, it is possible that an foreign object pulls the hangedclothes, causing the hanger part 10 to fall off. Secondly, since thatthe embedding members 13 are integrally connected with the extended rods11, 12 of the hanger part 10 and that the embedding slots 14 are nottough, once the embedding slots 14 are broken due to external forces,the whole clothes hanger bracket will be wasted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the primary objective of the present invention is toprovide an automobile clothes hanger bracket having mounting unitsseparated from the hanger part. The holding members of the mountingunits entirely encircle the head piece rods of the head piece of a carseat, so that falloff of the clothes hanger bracket by pulling is notpossible. Each of the mounting units is composed of a rod holder, anextended bar and a control member. The rod holders are for respectivelyholding a head piece rod of the head piece of a car seat, They areconnected to the control members by the extended bars. The extendedbars, the rod holders and the control members are respectively providedwith a insertion hole, so that a through hole can be formed in each ofthe mounting units; the through hole is for receiving an extended rodfrom the hanger part. The control members and the extended rods arefurther provided with locking mechanisms, so that the rods can besecured in the mounting units.

The secondary objective of the present invention is to provided anautomobile clothes hanger bracket wherein the mounting units arereplaceable when they are broken. Since the mounting units are separatedfrom the hanger part, the replacement can be done without anydifficulty.

The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be morereadily understood from the following detailed description when read inconjunction with the appended drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automobile clothes hanger bracket ofthe prior art.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the automobile clothes hanger bracket in Fgi.1 and its A-A cross-sectional view.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a local region of the presentinvention and its A-A cross-sectional view.

FIG. 4 illustrates the process of mounting the present invention on theback of a car seat.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the present invention mounted on theback of a car seat.

FIG. 6 illustrates the securing mechanism of the present invention witha car seat.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Referring to FIG. 3, 4, 5 and 6, an automobile clothes hanger bracketaccording to the present invention comprises a hanger part 20 having twoextended rods 21, 22 and two identical mounting units 30. The extendedrods 21, 22 are each provided with a locking notch 23, and the mountingunits 30 each further include a rod holder 32, an extended bar 31 and acontrol member 33. Each of the rod holders 32 is a hollow cylinderhaving an axial through hole for holding a head piece rod 3. Theextended bars 31 are each provided with an axially extended insertionhole 330. The control members 33 are substantially hollow bodies eachwith a closed bottom side. The hollow portions of the control member 33form insertion holes 330, which are connected to the insertion holes 310of the extended bars 31. The upper section of the inner wall of theinsertion hole 330 of each control member 33 is provided with a lockingflange 34. A spring and a control knob 36 are disposed within each ofthe control member 33. The control knobs 36 are each provided with athrough hole 360 that corresponds to the insertion hole 330 of thecontrol member 33 and the insertion hole 310 of an extended bar 31. Ablock 39 is formed at the bottom end of each of the through holes 360.Each of the blocks 39 is provided with an insertion section 37 forreceiving a spring 35. The bottom end of each of the control knobs 36 isprovided with a slit 38. As the control knobs 36 are inserted into thecontrol members 33, the blocks 39 are respectively secured by thelocking flanges 34 of the control members 33, thereby prohibiting thecontrol knobs 36 from leaving the control members 33. Pushing thecontrol knob 36 of a control member 33 downward, the through hole 360thereof can be aligned with the insertion hole 330 of the control member33 and the insertion hole 310 of the extended bars 31, so that anextended rod (21 or 22) can be inserted through. Without pushing acontrol knob 36, the associated spring 35 urges the control knob 36upward, and the through hole 360, the insertion hole 330 and theinsertion hole 310 are not connected.

To use the automobile clothes hanger bracket, the head piece 2 isfirstly removed from the car seat 1, as shown in FIG. 4. (A). The headpiece rods 3 of the head piece 2 are each inserted through a rod holder32 of a mounting unit 30 and then into the car seat 1, as shown in FIG.4. (B). To hang clothes, the control knobs 36 of the control members 33are firstly pressed downward so that the through holes 360 thereof arealigned with the insertion holes 330 of the control members 33 and theinsertion holes 310 of extended bars 31. The extended rods 21, 22 of thehanger part 20 are then inserted into the insertion holes 330 of thecontrol members 33, the insertion holes 310 of extended bars 31 and thethrough holes 360 of control knobs 36. The control knobs 36 are thenreleased, and the springs 35 urge the control knobs 36 upward, so thatthe blocks 39 of the control knobs 36 are engaged with the lockingnotches 23 of the extended rods 21, 22. Thereby, the extended rods 21,22 cannot be drawn out of the mounting units 30. The above operation areillustrated in FIGS. 6(A) and (B). To remove the hanger part 20, thecontrol knobs 36 are pushed downward again, so that the blocks 39 aredeparted from the locking notches 23; therefore, the extended rods 21,22 can be drawn out of the mounting units 30.

According to the aforesaid description, the present invention has atleast the following advantages. Even if the hanger part 20 is not used,the mounting units 30 can stayed on the head piece rods 3 of a car seat1. Thereby, the hanger part 20 does not occupy the car space. Since therod holders 32 of the mounting units 30 entirely hold the head piecerods 3, it is not possible that the automobile clothes hanger bracketwould fall off the car seat 1 by external dragging. Since the hangerpart 20 and the mounting units 30 are separated, a broken mounting unit30 can be replaced alone, without wasting the whole automobile clotheshanger bracket. Mounting and dismounting of the hanger part 20 is simplyachieved by pressing the control knobs 36 of the mounting units 30.

The present invention is thus described, and it will be obvious that thesame may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regardedas a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, andall such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art areintended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

1. An automobile clothes hanger bracket, comprising: a substantiallyT-shaped hanger part having two extended rods at a bottom end thereof,each of said extended rods having a locking notch on a bottom facethereof; and a pair of identical mounting units, each of said mountingunits consisting of a rod holders, an extended bar and a control member,said rod holders and said control members being connected by saidextended bars, each of said rod holders having a vertical through holefor receiving a head piece rod of a head piece of a car seat, each ofsaid control members having a hollow central portion for housing acontrol knob and an insertion holes on a lateral side for passing anextended rod of said hanger part, each of said control knobs having ahorizontal through hole for passing an extended rod of said hanger part,each of said extended bars having a horizontal insertion hole forpassing an extended rod of said hanger part, whereby said extended rodscan be respectively inserted into said mounting units; wherein each ofsaid control knobs is further provided with a thinner section formounting a spring, whereby said springs urge said control knobs upwardso that said though holes of said control knobs will not align with saidinsertion holes of said control members; wherein each of said controlmembers is further provided with a locking flange on an inner wall abovesaid insertion hole thereof; wherein each of said control knobs isfurther provided with a block at an end of said through hole thereof forchanging the diameter of said through hole, whereby said blocks canengage with said locking notches of said extended rods, and whereby saidextended rods can be secured at or removed from said mounting units bysimply pressing said control knobs.